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Post Your Mac Setup: Past & Present (Part 16)
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At least you guys in your state HAS houses that have basements. I wish that we had basements in AZ, but most houses here don't. It is the same reason why we have an above-ground light rail instead of a cool subway train system... something to do with how hard the ground is.
Nice setup!
I have 2 questions-
Why are you not using the original Magsafe (did you get apple to swap it?)
Do you have any other accessories (Mouse, Monitor, External HD?)
Also; nice to see the Blackbook!
its a little dark but heres a part of my set up.
starting left to right
Mid-2010 13" Macbook pro base model+ 8gb of owc ram
iPad 2 64GB wifi+3G sitting on a twelve south compass stand
light
1TB and 500GB external Harddrives
Under the tv stand
2011 Mac Mini Baseline model+ 4GB ram
1TB time capsule
On top of tv stand
Sony Blu-ray player
dynex 27" 1080p lcd tv
and to the right, Halo 3 xbox 360
A Minor Update
Just picked up the printer yesterday. It does AirPrint and it only cost me $50 at Staples (1/3 the retail price!).
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Unfortunately, due to my school's network policies, I'm not allowed to have my own wireless network, meaning I can't print wirelessly, which completely defeats the point of having an AirPrint-compatible printer. In addition, they check for rogue wireless routers manually, by wardriving. So what I've done is I've put a router as close to the center of the room as I can, removed the antennas, and adjusted the power so the range barely covers the room. It works great, only problem is I have to manually connect the computer to the router every time I want to print, but not the end of the world.
Just picked up the printer yesterday. It does AirPrint and it only cost me $50 at Staples (1/3 the retail price!).
In context (and for some reason less blurry):
Unfortunately, due to my school's network policies, I'm not allowed to have my own wireless network, meaning I can't print wirelessly, which completely defeats the point of having an AirPrint-compatible printer. In addition, they check for rogue wireless routers manually, by wardriving. So what I've done is I've put a router as close to the center of the room as I can, removed the antennas, and adjusted the power so the range barely covers the room. It works great, only problem is I have to manually connect the computer to the router every time I want to print, but not the end of the world.
so what if they find it? it's not like they can actually tell you to get rid of it, especially if it's not connected to their network.
Sucks that they can't get with the times and won't let you use your own Wi-fi devices. A wireless printer is not allowed? that is pretty absurd, in my book, and what a sad and poor excuse of an IT department your school mist have.
Nice setup!
I was wondering why you got a mac mini?
Why did you not just connect it to your macbook pro?
Also I like the iPhone ad/poster!
They do say in their network policy that the router has to be connected to the network (which mine isn't) in order to be in violation, but I'm not going to chance it. But I do keep a spare in the closet just in case
Sucks that they can't get with the times and won't let you use your own Wi-fi devices. A wireless printer is not allowed? that is pretty absurd, in my book, and what a sad and poor excuse of an IT department your school mist have.
AFAIK the network policy was last updated in 2004
And you're right. The IT director once gave a speech where he announced that students would have 25 "gigabits" of server space to store school-related documents. Not to mention they still use wardriving to locate rogue routers (there are centralized ways of doing that nowadays). "Sad and poor excuse" about sums it up.
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This looks really nice! Love the desk and display!
Thanks, i like your setup too but i loved the look of the old G5s.
Try contacting your Tech Dept at school with the printers MAC address. They may be able to add it to the network.
Correct me if I'm wrong but are you in the medical field? I remember you and peabody talking about it a while back...
Nope no problems yet
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I use my Macbook pro for mostly school now
i use my mac mini to transfer all my media ( Video, and Pictures) to the hard drives. i also use the mac mini as a base station for my Capture card for my xbox game plays, and a place to rip dvds to, then i can remote access them from my apple tv in my living room
Also i only paid like $30 for the mac mini, i was given a lot of apple gift cards for my birthday that just passed
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